Lapwing landing

Very busy of late, but I had a good days photography to myself last week on the Norfolk coast, this possibly being my favourite shot of the day. A Lapwing landing on the barely covered mud at Titchwell, it was like a mirror.
EOS 1Ds MkII 600mm and 1.4x uncropped, (I did get a good few with the wingtips clipped off at the frame edges)
Breezebrowser and CS3
2008:08:21 14:12:53
840mm
1/1250 sec, f/9
Mode: Av
Metering: Evaluative
ISO: 320
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Drive: Continuous: frame 1
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
File size: 14.1MB
Image size: 4992 x 3328
Color matrix 4: Adobe RGB
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Contrast: -1
Sharpness level: 0
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 17: Expand AF activation area to 7 AF points

Now I think your getting your aircraft mixed up with your birds Nigel Its a sign of old age.
Nice and sharp and perticularly like the eye. Very nice comp and a reflection to match.

Major.

Very nice Nigel. Have to echo Majors words re the composition and reflection.
Robert

Excellent, would love to see the full res file....

excellent composition and reflection, a very elegant image

That's a different view to those we normally see and I like it very much.
Eric

Hi Nigel,

Beautiful image!!!

Wonderful pose and timing.

The reflection works so well here, like it a lot

Brilliant Shot Nigel, spot on.

Danny